Word Meaning 袋小路

ふくろこうじ fukurokouji

袋小路 is read as ふくろこうじ (fukurokouji) and means blind alley.

Meaning

English

  1. blind alley
  2. cul-de-sac
  3. dead end street
  4. deadlock
  5. impasse
  6. dead end

Reading

Kana

ふくろこうじ

Romaji

fukurokouji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 抜け小路 Rank 9222 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

袋小路文

ふくろこうじぶん

easily misunderstood sentence

小路

こうじ

lane

武者小路千家

むしゃこうじせんけ

Mushakōjisenke school of tea ceremony

小袋

こぶくろ

small bag

小便袋

しょうべんぶくろ

rubber bag for collecting urine

小袋と小娘

こぶくろとこむすめ

young women are fragile and great care must be taken with them (just as with small bags)

ふくろ

dead end

袋物

ふくろもの

bags and purses (handbags)

線路

せんろ

railway track

航路

こうろ

(air or sea) route

販路

はんろ

market (for goods, services, etc.)

順路

じゅんろ

(regular) route

Example Sentences

2

えきのちかくでふくろこうじにはいってしまった。

i ended up in a dead-end street near the station.

Even while I was dithering it's like I was being backed further and further into a corner.